CRISSCROSS launches digital campaign to promote safer leisure spaces

#REclaimTheNight wants to empower youth to take an active role in preventing prejudice, discrimination and harassment.

Reclaim the night! With this title, the European project CRISSCROSS, coordinated by ABD, launches a campaign that aims to promote safe nightlife and socialization spaces and to prevent male violence behaviors – including LGTBIphobia – linked to sexual violence and substance abuse.

Through three key messages – REcognize, REclaim, REact – the aim is to empower participants to take an active role in the prevention of prejudice, discrimination and harassment. Following 8 steps – REspect, REaffirm, REthink, REcognize, REfresh, REspond, REset, REsponsibility– the youngsters will be able to enjoy a party where respect, mutual care and healthy fun are the protagonists, thus claiming a night free of stereotypes and violence.

The campaign will be implemented during this month of September, mainly on ABD’s social networks with the hashtags #REgeneremlafesta #REclaimTheNight.

CRISSCROSS project

CRISSCROSS is an intervention program in nightlife, leisure and socialization spaces to raise awareness and prevent gender-based violence, including LGBTIphobia, linked to sexual violence and substance abuse.

Its main objective is to confront gender-based violence in nightlife and socialization spaces frequented by adolescents and young people (16-24 years old) through the design, testing and evaluation of innovative pilots based on the methodology of the wheel of change, to raise awareness, change attitudes and prevent behaviors of male violence -including LGBTIphobia- linked to sexual violence and substance abuse.

Since the end of May, the project partners have launched pilot initiatives with interventions in nightlife areas. In the case of Barcelona, four professionals intervene every Friday in a nightlife area in the municipality of Sant Cugat where they provide information and advice on risk reduction and sexualities. There will also be itinerant actions to prevent and raise awareness of violence in leisure spaces.

The project is funded by the CERV-2022-DAPHNE program and coordinated by Asociación Bienestar y Desarrollo ABD (SP) with partner organisations ACRA (IT), Cooperativa Lotta Contro l’Emarginazione (IT), Kosmicare (PT), 4MOTION (LU), Health Service Executive (IR), Universidad de Sevilla (SP).

Check the campaign manifesto and the project official Instagram.